I can't speak about his current efforts as I haven't seen any footage of him, but when I watched him play vs England he seemed to be trying hard, so I don't know why he would suddendly become so unenthusiastic about playing.

Has he been carrying an injury recently?

Also I can't believe you guys lost defending 291 :O better luck for the Tests

I think Chris Martin is better than Tuffey, as at least Martin has a bit of pace on him.

Im still willing to wait & see on Butler. If he doesn't take a bucket load of wickets for Northern Districts this season, then all the development work on him will have been wasted & will show just how much of a talent he really is.